CITY · CHILEBooks set in Santiago
-33.449, -70.669
10 books · 6 authors · 1957–2025
10 books here
Most-set authors
Alejandro Zambra (4) · Isabel Allende (2) · Roberto Bolaño (1) · José Donoso (1) · Marcela Serrano (1) · Pedro Lemebel (1)
Genres
literary fiction (5) · historical fiction (1) · romance (1)
Books set here
Set in Santiago (10)
Bonsai
Alejandro Zambra
Santiago, Chile; two university students find each other through literature in Zambra's debut novella
By Night in Chile
Roberto Bolaño
Pinochet-era Santiago
Coronation
José Donoso
aristocratic Santiago mansion
Multiple Choice
Alejandro Zambra
Santiago during Pinochet dictatorship; structured as Chile's Academic Aptitude Test
My Documents
Alejandro Zambra
Stories of Chilean life before and after Pinochet; Santiago under the dictatorship's long shadow
My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende
government stronghold she reports from
Ten Women
Marcela Serrano
Contemporary Santiago where nine women clients of a psychiatrist gather to tell their life stories
Tengo miedo torero
Pedro Lemebel
Primary setting — Santiago under Pinochet, 1986
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
Trueba family saga city
Ways of Going Home
Alejandro Zambra
Suburban Santiago under Pinochet; the childhood home the novel returns to
